Kefalonia, Greece
6th century BCE
Kavousi, Greece
600 BC
Campobello di Mazara, Italy
559 BC
Gela, Italy
333 BCE
Vlorë, Albania
4th century AD
Syracuse, Italy
6th century BCE
Kyparissia, Greece
-2200 BCE
Grammichele, Italy
5th century BCE
Nafplio, Greece
4th century BCE
Rocchicella, Italy
453 BCE
Sambuca di Sicilia, Italy
5th century BCE
Chalkidona, Greece
4th century BCE
Lemnos, Greece
8th century BCE
Lemnos, Greece
7th century BCE
Argos-Mykines, Greece
3000 BCE
Monasterace, Italy
7th century BCE
Karpathos, Greece
4th century BCE
Lemnos, Greece
2500 BCE
Rethymno, Greece
800-900 BC
Gjirokaster, Albania
300-200 BCE
Towering 52 meters above the sea, Bengtskär lighthouse is the tallest one in Scandinavia. The building started in in 1905 after the shipwreck of S/S Helsingfors and was completed in 1906. The lighthouse was designed by architect Florentin Granholm. On December a special petrol lantern, designed and built in Paris, was brought to Bengtskär and installed atop the tower.
German fleet bombarded Bengstkär in the First World War in 1914. Since the Gulf of Finland was heavily mined, it was not until 1919 that the surrounding seas were declared safe for shipping, that the light was lit again.
After the war the military value of Bengtskär increased as part of the defence system of independent Finland. In Second World War (1941) Soviet Union made a suprise attack to island. After a bloody battle, the small Finnish garrison emerged victorious. Intermittent repairs to the facility continued during the post-war period.